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by Victor Prieto
Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153405

Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears this one is mainly out of spite for you idiots voting out Crazy Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens this cannot be the best song of the 2000s Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand American Boy by Estelle featu...
by Victor Prieto
Sun Jan 21, 2018 1:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals @ Penn State (1/20/18)
Replies: 5
Views: 4877

Re: 2018 ACF Regionals @ Penn State (1/20/18)

Thank you to everyone who came to Penn State yesterday! I would like to congratulate Penn A for winning the first game of an advantaged final against Johns Hopkins A, after going undefeated in the field. As the only D2 team in the top bracket, Delaware won the D2 title outright, and then also won th...
by Victor Prieto
Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)
Replies: 43
Views: 51821

Re: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)

Assuming you are moderating at the Georgia Tech site, you should contact the tournament director at [email protected] immediately about training for the electronic scoresheets.
by Victor Prieto
Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153405

Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy
Jesus Walks
Paper Planes
Ignition (remix)
Hey Ya!
Take Me Out
Feel Good Inc.
1901
by Victor Prieto
Sat Jan 06, 2018 3:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: An inexperienced writer among experienced writers
Replies: 11
Views: 6126

Re: An inexperienced writer among experienced writers

To answer your two questions in reverse order: 1) I've edited for a tournament before where I edited questions produced by inexperienced writers - some good, some bad. If these writers ask me for feedback, I'm just honest about the quality of the question and explain my thought process to my edits. ...
by Victor Prieto
Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:30 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153405

Re: ROUND TWO, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s

Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Time to Pretend by MGMT One More Time by Daft Punk vs. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs. Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine Lose Yourself by Eminem vs. Rehab by Amy Winehouse Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Feel Good Inc. by Goril...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Jan 02, 2018 3:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153405

Re: ROUND ONE OVER: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks by Kanye West vs. Wake Up by Arcade Fire there are Arcade Fire songs that theoretically could have won this matchup Toxic by Britney Spears vs. G...
by Victor Prieto
Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:03 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153405

Re: ROUND ONE, PART THREE: Best Song of the 2000s

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Fidelity by Regina Spektor Maps by Yeah Yeahs Yeahs vs. Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz Yeah! by Usher featuring Ludacris vs. Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake Idioteque by Radiohead vs. American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West Fallin' by Alicia Keys vs. ...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Dec 27, 2017 12:58 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153405

Re: ROUND ONE, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s

Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Blind by Hercules and Love Affair Time to Pretend by MGMT vs. The Funeral by Band of Horses One More Time by Daft Punk vs. Independent Women Part 1 by Destiny's Child. This hurts... These two songs are better than every other song in this bracket. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga vs....
by Victor Prieto
Fri Dec 22, 2017 3:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153405

Re: VENTING TIME: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley vs. Machine Gun - Portishead Wake Me Up When September - Green Day vs. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera SOS - Rihanna vs. Mr. Brightside - The Killers Chop Suey! - System of a Down vs. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks - Kanye West vs. Clocks - Coldplay Wake Up - A...
by Victor Prieto
Thu Dec 21, 2017 6:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153405

Re: VENTING TIME: Best Song of the 2000s

Spotify playlist (explicit versions were chosen over clean). Jay-Z is not on Spotify.

https://open.spotify.com/user/122079391 ... hrIATN9jJ3
by Victor Prieto
Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:58 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: How Do You Run Your Club
Replies: 19
Views: 21492

Re: How Do You Run Your Club

On another note, something I didn't think to ask up above, how do you go about preparing younger members for future leadership? I know that probably this upcoming year if not for sure the one after that the MSU club will have an entirely new e-board. Now I know there is no way I could figure out th...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Dec 19, 2017 6:12 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: How Do You Run Your Club
Replies: 19
Views: 21492

Re: How Do You Run Your Club

We have three positions on our e-board, president, ombudsperson, and treasurer. Our treasurer obviously takes care of all of the monetary aspects of the club, our ombudsperson is supposed to assist the president in any way they need, and then the president does everything else. Which honestly, I th...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153405

Re: ROUND 0 PART 1 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke

The Fear – Lily Allen vs. Love Story – Taylor Swift Dashboard – Modest Mouse vs. Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden Move Your Feet – Junior Senior vs. Helicopter – Bloc Party Family Affair – Mary J. Blige vs. Fidelity – Regina Spektor Mykonos – Fleet Foxes vs. American Boy – Estelle featu...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:31 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals @ Penn State (1/20/18)
Replies: 5
Views: 4877

Re: 2018 ACF Regionals @ Penn State (1/20/18)

Hello, We've had 14 teams register, which leaves only 2 spots open under our initial field cap of 16. We're looking for additional moderators to help out at the tournament. If you are interested in reading that weekend, please email me. If you are interested but do not have a way to get to the tourn...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 88
Views: 22139

Re: WAO II Specific Question Discussion

packet 1 tossup 8: The BRCA clue should probably say "it's not the ovaries, but..." bonus 4: "short term memory" should be acceptable. ___ packet 2 tossup 3: ANSWER: lysine [prompt on K before it is read] <Ed. JS> should be ANSWER: lysine or Lys , or K before mention] <Ed. JS> b...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Nov 13, 2017 12:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals @ Penn State (1/20/18)
Replies: 5
Views: 4877

Re: 2018 ACF Regionals @ Penn State (1/20/18)

Field (21/21) Carnegie Mellon A (UG) Carnegie Mellon B (UG) Carnegie Mellon C (D2) Case Western Delaware (D2) Gettysburg (UG) Johns Hopkins A Johns Hopkins B Johns Hopkins C Kenyon (UG) Penn A Penn B (UG) Penn C (D2) Penn State A (house) Penn State B (house) Princeton Rochester (UG) Rutgers A (UG) ...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Nov 13, 2017 12:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals @ Penn State (1/20/18)
Replies: 5
Views: 4877

2018 ACF Regionals @ Penn State (1/20/18)

Hello, Penn State Quiz Bowl will be hosting 2018 ACF Regionals on January 20th, 2018. I will be serving as tournament director. Packet Submission Any team with at least one person on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament (either as a college student or as a high school st...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: getting paid for the Eisenhower Memorial Tournament
Replies: 1
Views: 1801

Re: getting paid for the Eisenhower Memorial Tournament

I just sent an email that should clear up the Penn State payment.
by Victor Prieto
Wed Aug 16, 2017 4:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NLN III @ Penn State University (10/7/17)
Replies: 3
Views: 3467

Re: NLN III @ Penn State University (10/7/17)

Hi, I'm just asking some clarification on your eligibility rules, both because my team has a strong possibility of coming to this tournament and because I think other teams might benefit from the clarification. Do your three rules for players being eligible interact, or are they independent of one ...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Aug 14, 2017 11:26 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NLN III @ Penn State University (10/7/17)
Replies: 3
Views: 3467

NLN III @ Penn State University (10/7/17)

Penn State Quiz Bowl will be holding the third Nittany Lion Novice (NLN) Tournament on October 7th, 2017. The tournament will be run on DEFT , a regular-minus difficulty set written by Darien. The tournament is primarily intended for new-to-quizbowl schools and teams comprised of new players at esta...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Jul 11, 2017 6:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Case for Short Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 14462

Re: The Case for Short Questions

The best college teams answer a large majority of regular questions against other top teams in the first half of the question - see Terrapin for example. This statement got me thinking about how to actually show this empirically, since I thought this may have been a conclusion originating from impr...
by Victor Prieto
Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Case for Short Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 14462

Re: The Case for Short Questions

After talking about it with Billy a little bit, we eventually came to the conclusion that using line length is not as effective for determining question length compared to characters. We used different methods for determining line length, and both methods were not exactly consistent. I overestimated...
by Victor Prieto
Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Case for Short Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 14462

Re: The Case for Short Questions

I'm on mobile, so I can't quote efficiently, but I don't think cutting leadins because they "just distinguish Maryland from Yale from Stanford" is a good idea. Sure, most of your clues shouldn't serve that purpose, but if this is a regular difficulty set your clues should serve that purpo...
by Victor Prieto
Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Case for Short Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 14462

Re: The Case for Short Questions

had I not been called out by the opening post. Sorry if I was a little blunt there. I agree that contextual clues are effective in that they can help frame other clues within a larger perspective, but I don't buy the argument that we include them because we're trying to educate our listeners. The p...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Jun 21, 2017 6:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Tossup Length at Hard Tournaments
Replies: 2
Views: 3040

Re: Tossup Length at Hard Tournaments

It's not fair, I've been planning to make a mega-post about this topic for a month, but decided to put it off mid-July, because of graduate school stuff. I’ll do it now instead. It's this sentiment which I am banking on: Whenever I played an NAQT tournament, I was struck by how much milder 5-line to...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Jun 21, 2017 6:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Case for Short Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 14462

Re: The Case for Short Questions

The second part of this post will be a short discussion to cutting down on question length in mACF tournaments to better lengths. This may come as a surprise to people who have not edited major tournaments before: it is probably much harder to write shorter questions than longer questions, especiall...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Jun 21, 2017 6:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Case for Short Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 14462

The Case for Short Questions

This post is addressed to the writers and editors of EFT, Penn Bowl, ACF Regionals, Terrapin, and anybody else writing tournaments at regular difficulty or easier for the upcoming year. Length of a question can have a significant impact on perceived difficulty, both of specific tossups and whole tou...
by Victor Prieto
Sat May 27, 2017 9:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Liveblogging the humans vs. QANTA match.
Replies: 3
Views: 2710

Re: Liveblogging the humans vs. QANTA match.

The moment it all started going downhill for team humanity

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by Victor Prieto
Fri May 19, 2017 3:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 ACF Fall Global Announcement (5 Nov 2016)
Replies: 26
Views: 27765

Re: 2016 ACF Fall Global Announcement (5 Nov 2016)

Amazingly, this is still not up on the archives, and the dropbox link is no longer working.

The same is true for ACF Regionals.
by Victor Prieto
Tue May 09, 2017 6:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17
Replies: 53
Views: 33464

Re: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17

I am also tentatively interested.
by Victor Prieto
Wed May 03, 2017 4:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Google Doc Hack
Replies: 6
Views: 3437

Re: Google Doc Hack

I also got hit by this today, looked just like this:
by Victor Prieto
Tue May 02, 2017 10:38 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Barbarism of Monetization
Replies: 128
Views: 57390

Re: The Barbarism of Monetization

I just wanted to chime in that the idea that questions previously bought by a program should be made available to that program into the future makes a lot of sense and would be a basic thing for NAQT to do. Even if NAQT didn't want to make these questions available electronically, they should offer...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion
Replies: 70
Views: 42433

Re: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion

vcuEvan wrote:The set is posted here.
Can a zip file be made? For science?
by Victor Prieto
Mon Apr 24, 2017 2:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Buzzer Dilemma
Replies: 20
Views: 10870

Re: The Buzzer Dilemma

I'm not suggesting this as the only plan of action for solving the buzzer dilemma, but perhaps a section of the site selection process could be devoted to buzzers. Just add a section to the bid form asking "how many house buzzers do you have?" and "are there local high schools with wh...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Feb 15, 2017 2:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 ACF Fall at Florida State University (Nov 5, 2016)
Replies: 3
Views: 3188

Re: 2016 ACF Fall at Florida State University (Nov 5, 2016)

Hey, why did stats from this event never get posted? It's kind of surprising that this fell through the cracks for so long. (this was prompted by Peter's post in the other thread)
by Victor Prieto
Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
Replies: 131
Views: 57316

Re: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion

So the analogy to quizbowl isn't perfect here, but I think it holds up reasonably well. I think there's an argument to be made that it's very enjoyable to compete against teams and players from all over the country that you never see. Even if say, Chicago C is a better team than Florida or Colorado...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ICT bids
Replies: 157
Views: 81088

Re: 2017 ICT bids

Can NAQT respond to any of this? I realize that the invitations were released very recently and it hasn't been that long, but it would be encouraging to see something along the lines of "we are aware of this issue" rather than silence. I really hope that NAQT believes it is a problem when ...
by Victor Prieto
Sat Jan 28, 2017 8:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Saving the IRC
Replies: 26
Views: 16502

Re: Saving the IRC

I think the primary advantage of IRC is its openness. Facebook chats are nice for people who are already friends with each other, but anyone can come to IRC and be privy to the discussion happening in #quizbowl. There's always a danger with a community like the quizbowl community of insiderism, and...
by Victor Prieto
Sat Dec 31, 2016 7:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 6053

Re: Best Albums of 2016

The Top Percentage of Rattatas wrote:Coloring Book

Malibu

Blonde

Lemonade
by Victor Prieto
Fri Dec 30, 2016 10:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 6053

Re: Best Albums of 2016

Chicago Regional #1 Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper #5 untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar #2 22, A Million by Bon Iver #6 Wildflower by The Avalanches Oxford Regional #1 A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead #5 Puberty 2 by Mitski #2 Teens of Denial by Car Seat Headrest #3 Malibu by Anderson .Paak ...
by Victor Prieto
Fri Dec 23, 2016 1:02 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 6053

Re: Best Albums of 2016

#8 Starboy by The Weeknd
#9 Masterpiece by Big Thief

#8 Anti by Rihanna
#9 Views by Drake
by Victor Prieto
Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 NAQT SCT: February 4
Replies: 14
Views: 10488

Re: 2017 NAQT SCT: February 4

Hello, Remarkably, the tournament is 48 days away, and the sites have not yet been announced, nor was there any public response to the above request for a timeline. Can we please get an update? In addition, is it a possibility for NAQT (and ACF, I guess) to consider finalizing sites much, much furth...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Oct 31, 2016 2:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PSA: Mohammed Reza Shah is not "Reza Shah"
Replies: 39
Views: 16314

Re: PSA: Mohammed Reza Shah is not "Reza Shah"

Going off this, shouldn't we not accept Tokugawa for Tokugawa Ieyasu given Tokugawa Iemitsu and many of the other shoguns during that particular bakufu were important in Japanese history. Who accepts this? At any tournament I've been involved in, saying "Tokugawa" gets you a prompt. There...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Oct 24, 2016 3:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 82
Views: 19454

Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion

The transfer of this species is the fastest reaction in organic chemistry... ANSWER: proton s [or H+] I was taught at some point that a hydride shift was the fastest possible reaction in organic chemistry. In any case, this answerline needs more information: ANSWER: protons [or H+ ; or hydrogen cat...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Oct 24, 2016 3:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB2016: Epistle to the Sons of the North
Replies: 9
Views: 3049

Re: Epistle to the Sons of the North

Your gross and inexcusable incompetence is worse than Charlie Dees going AWOL on DEES, because at least Charlie had the decency to admit that he wasn't going to be able to finish the tournament, three weeks in advance. This actually didn't happen. Three weeks before the first mirror, Brian and I ma...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Oct 24, 2016 2:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 82
Views: 19454

Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion

Can someone please post the hydrogen cation tossup in round 10? It was the source of an unresolved protest in our room.